Category: History

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Concerning Scholars and Those Who Burn Them: A Study of the Early Anabaptists’ Rejection of Higher Education

March 21, 2026
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Anabaptist Leaders Escape from their Zurich Prison

March 21, 2026
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Zurich Sentences Early Anabaptist Leaders to Life in Prison and Announces the Death Penalty for Future Rebaptizers

March 6, 2026
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Evangelical Preachers Arrive in the Tyrol, Where Anabaptism Rapidly Spreads

February 13, 2026
Historic canal and cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, reflecting the 19th-century setting of Gogol’s The Overcoat.
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The Poisoning of the Soul

February 6, 2026
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Hubmaier Retracts His Recantation in the Pulpit

January 30, 2026
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Hubmaier is Arrested and Signs Recantation in Zurich

December 12, 2025
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Waldshut Falls to the Imperial Army and Hubmaier Flees to Zurich

December 5, 2025
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Margaret Hottinger Is Sentenced to Prison While Michael Sattler, Martin Linck, and Ulrich Teck Are Banished From Zurich

November 22, 2025
Two Anabaptist women on their way to execution (picture from Martyrs Mirror)
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Women and Anabaptism

November 21, 2025
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Grebel, Mantz, and Blaurock are Tried while the Church in Hinwil Experiences Open Conflict over Baptism

November 14, 2025
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Zurich Holds Third Disputation on Baptism

November 7, 2025